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In the Mood

Over at the Knitting Daily blog, they’ve been discussing the design process used by Michelle Rose Orne in her book, Inspired to Knit.  I haven’t gotten the book yet, but Michelle’s description of her design process intrigues me:

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UFOlympics! the Summer Games

OK, I got game.  (Whatever that means.)

I also still got plenty of UFO’s.

So, here goes:  I’m officially entering the 2008 Summer UFOlympic Games.

Welllll, kind of officially.  There’s some wiggle room there, I think.

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Latest & Greatest

Admittedly, I haven’t written much in the past week (heck, I haven’t written anything).  But, I have an excellent excuse reason.  Actually, several reasons…


#1 reason is, I have a bad Continental knitting habit of using my right index finger to help out on each and every stitch.  I don’t actually need to use it — I can knit and purl without moving it at all, if I think about it.  As I say, it’s a bad habit, which means I do it more-or-less unconsciously.  I even demonstrate it to new Continental knitters in my classes as a great example of what not to do.

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I’m in I’m in I’m in I’m in I’m in!!

Of course, this means I’m in at Ravelry.

Actually, I got invited about a week ago, but haven’t had time to go exploring before now. What fun! Lots to do!

Unfortunately for me, someone already has the username “tessknits” – so on Ravelry I’m now known as “tessm”. Maybe we should start a group on Ravelry for knitters named Tess? Both of us!

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